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Family and Education
b. c. 1503, 4th s. of Sir Edmund Carew of Mohun’s Ottery by Catherine, da. and coh. of Sir William Huddesfield of Shillingford. m. (1) lic. 28 Jan. 1531, Anne, da. of Sir William Brandon, wid. of Sir John Shilston of Wood, and Southwark, Surr., s.p.; (2) by July 1540, Mary (d.1558), da. of Sir Robert Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe, Kent, wid. of Sir Henry Guildford of Leeds Castle, Kent and Blackfriars, London, s.p.; (3) by Dec. 1565, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Norwiche, s.p. Kntd. bet. 29 Mar. and 18 Oct. 1545.Aged 40 ’or thereabout‘ on 24 Jan. 1543, City of London RO, Guildhall, jnl. 15, f. 3v. Vis. Devon, ed. Colby, 40-41; Mill Stephenson, Mon. Brasses, 93; Mar. Lic. London (Harl. Soc. xxv), 8; PCC 34 Brudenell; LP Hen. VIII, xx.
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Keeper, Chittlehampton park, Devon 24 Oct. 1539, Tiverton and Ashley parks Jan. 1553; gent. pens. 1540–47/49; capt. Matthew Gonson 1545; chief steward, forfeited lands of Henry Courtenay, Marquess of Exeter 19 Oct. 1545; commr. chantries, Cornw., Devon, and Exeter 1546, relief, Devon and Bristol 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Devon 1553, for maritime causes 1578; j.p. Devon 1547 – 53,1558/59; sheriff 1547 – 48; master of henchmen 31 Dec. 1558; dep. lt. Cornw. and Devon 1569.LP Hen. VIII, iv, xiv, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 82; 1550–3, pp. 141, 391; 1553, pp. 317, 351, 361, 414; 1560–3, p. 435; APC, vii. 34; J. Hoker, The description of the citie of Excester (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. xi), 584–97; E315/224, f. 429.

Parlimentarian
CAREW, Gawain (c.1503-85), of Exeter and Wood, Devon and London.
Main residences: Exeter; Wood; Devon; London.
Author
A.D.K.H.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title

CAREW, Gawain (c.1503-85)

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Oxford 1644
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